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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to municipal water and sewer utility 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | rates; amending s. 180.191, F.S.; requiring a 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | municipality to charge consumers receiving its utility 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | services in another municipality the same rates, fees, 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and charges as it charges consumers within its own 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | municipal boundaries under certain circumstances; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 180.191, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3), 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4), and (5), respectively, subsection (1) is amended, and a new 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | subsection (2) is added to that section, to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 180.191 Limitation on rates charged consumer outside city 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | limits.— 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) Any municipality within this the state that operates 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | operating a water or sewer utility outside of the boundaries of 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the such municipality shall charge consumers outside the 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | boundaries rates, fees, and charges d etermined in one of the 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | following manners: 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) It may charge the same rates, fees, and charges as 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | consumers inside the municipal boundaries. However, in addition 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | thereto, the municipality may add a surcharge of not more than 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 25 percent of such rates, fee s, and charges to consumers outside 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the boundaries, except as provided in subsection (2) . Fixing of 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the such rates, fees, and charges in this manner does shall not 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | require a public hearing except as may be provided for service 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to consumers inside the munic ipality. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (b) It may charge rates, fees, and charges that are just 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | and equitable and that which are based on the same factors used 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | in fixing the rates, fees, and charges for consumers inside the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | municipal boundaries , except as provided in subsection (2) . In 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | addition thereto, the municipality may add a surcharge not to 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | exceed 25 percent of the such rates, fees, and charges for said 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | services to consumers outside the boundaries. However, the total 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of all the such rates, fees, and charges for the services to 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | consumers outside the boundaries may shall not be more than 50 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | percent in excess of the total amount the municipality charges 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | consumers served within the municipality for corresponding 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | service. The No Such rates, fees, and charges may not shall be 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | fixed until after a public hearing at which all of the users of 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the water or sewer systems; owners, tenants, or occupants of 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | property served or to be served thereby; and all others 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | interested shall have had an opportunity to be heard concerning 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the proposed rates, fees, and charges. Any change or revision of 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the such rates, fees, or charges may be made in the same manner 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | as the such rates, fees, or charges were originally established, 49 |
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| 88 | 88 | | rata as to all classes of service, both inside and outside the 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | municipality, a no hearing or notice is not shall be required. 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (2) Any municipality within this state that operates a 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | water or sewer utility providin g service to consumers within the 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | boundaries of a separate municipality using a water treatment 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | plant or sewer treatment plant located within the boundaries of 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | that separate municipality shall charge consumers in the 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | separate municipality the same rates, f ees, and charges as it 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | charges the consumers within its own municipal boundaries. 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 60 |
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